Hi,
I know that this is going to sound kind of weird, but here goes.I currently swim/train on my own.I swim 4 times a week doing 2000/2500 metres a session.However, I have noticed that although I have introduced drills into my training programme,I feel that I am not really progressing as much as I should with the amount of training that I am doing.I am very seriously considering joining my local Masters club at Beckenham,in the UK.My question is this.What kind of drills would a Masters club do?Would they help me work on my stroke length?Would I be able to see a significant improvement in my swimming to make the committment worthwhile?Also I am scared that I will not be as good a swimmer as most of the others and that I will lag behind and look stupid.How do I overcome all of these negative emotions going through my head?
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hi ya- i'm still kinda new to masters swimming but i would suggest that you just go ahead and join. i first learned about masters whilst living in london but was afraid to join because i thought that i wasn't "good enough." that was 5 years ago! i've since started here in s. florida (joining was the hard part!) and i'm finding it to be a big challenge, but definitely worth it! i imagine that your local group will do a variety of workouts, based upon the swimmers' abilities and the coach will work with your on your technique, etc. i wouldn't worry about whether you're a good enough swimmer- i'm sure that there will be slower swimmers than you (and probably those much faster than you, as well). whether it will be worth the committment- that's up to you! you'll only get out of it what you put into it!
good luck!
hi ya- i'm still kinda new to masters swimming but i would suggest that you just go ahead and join. i first learned about masters whilst living in london but was afraid to join because i thought that i wasn't "good enough." that was 5 years ago! i've since started here in s. florida (joining was the hard part!) and i'm finding it to be a big challenge, but definitely worth it! i imagine that your local group will do a variety of workouts, based upon the swimmers' abilities and the coach will work with your on your technique, etc. i wouldn't worry about whether you're a good enough swimmer- i'm sure that there will be slower swimmers than you (and probably those much faster than you, as well). whether it will be worth the committment- that's up to you! you'll only get out of it what you put into it!
good luck!
